John Kavanaugh

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service — Washington, DC

Illness

End of Watch October 21, 1918

Age 51

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Deputy Marshal John Kavanaugh died after contracting cholera while serving the United States court in Shanghai, China.

He was transporting prisoners by steamer from China to Bilbid prison in Manila, Philippines, when he fell ill.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Kavanaugh gave the United States Department of Justice 4 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy U.S. Marshal Kavanaugh.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 21, 1918

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 51

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Deputy U.S. Marshal John Kavanaugh is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 14 of 313 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.5% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service

of 313 officers

4.5% Illness

DC — Statewide

137

of 1,419 officers

9.7% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness